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- Race and Antihypertensive Drug Therapy: Edging Closer to a . . .
The American College of Cardiology American Heart Association hypertension guideline recommends combination drug therapy for most Black hypertensives, in addition to those with blood pressure >20 10 mm Hg above goal and those with stage 2 hypertension 4 Recent national data suggests combination therapy is not widely applied as substantial
- Hypertension Treatment in Blacks: Discussion of the U. S . . .
African American Study of Kidney and Hypertension (AASK) AASK was a long awaited trial because blacks are particularly at risk for CKD secondary to HTN The AASK trial included 1,094 self-identified African-Americans with HTN, and CKD (mostly HTN nephropathy) Patients were randomized to therapy with ramipril or amlodipine
- The management of hypertension in African Americans
The primary means of prevention and early treatment of hypertension in African Americans will be the appropriate use of lifestyle modification The International Society of Hypertension in Blacks guidelines realize that most patients will require combination therapy, many of them first-line, to reach appropriate BP goals
- Management of High Blood Pressure in Blacks | Hypertension
Since the first International Society on Hypertension in Blacks consensus statement on the “Management of High Blood Pressure in African American” in 2003, data from additional clinical trials have become available We reviewed hypertension and cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment guidelines, pharmacological hypertension clinical end point trials, and blood pressure–lowering
- A Review of Hypertension Management in Black Male Patients
Hypertension affects approximately 85 million Americans: 1 in 3 American adults 1 In addition, hypertension has been found to occur at a higher incidence in black patients vs white patients and is most prevalent in black men, at 59% 2 Black men also suffer higher rates of hypertension complications, including death, caused by uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) 2 In fact, hypertension
- What is the best treatment for hypertension in African Americans?
CLINICAL COMMENTARY African Americans respond better to combination ACE inhibitor plus diuretic Mandi Sehgal, MD University of Cincinnati Treat African American patients with hypertension according to the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, and Treatment of High blood Pressure (JNC 7) guidelines
- New Recommendations for Treating Hypertension in Black . . .
Hypertension is the major cause of morbidity, mortality, and disability in Black populations in the US and increasingly worldwide Its greater severity, resistance to treatment, and more frequent financial challenges to achieve control in this population make it critical that population-specific recommendations for hypertension management be based on the very best evidence
- Hypertension treatment in African Americans: Physiology is . . .
Hypertension treatment in African Americans: Physiology is less important than sociology REVIEW ABSTRACT African Americans have higher rates of hypertension and its complications than do people of other ethnic groups, and they may respond differently to various antihypertensive drugs Social, cultural, and economic
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